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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Chelsea 1911
Annual report for 1911 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,
in connection with
Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework.
1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. 2 | Written Notices. 3 | Prosecutions. 4 | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 3 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 875 | 36 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | -- | - | - |
| Total | 878 | 36 | — |
2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—* | |||||
| Want of cleanliness | 12 | 12 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 6 | 6 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 36 | 36 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommada-tion | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | — | — | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | — | — | — | — | |
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— | |||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100) | 7 | 7 | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 66 | 66 | — | — | |
* Including those specified in sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory and Workshop
Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts.